Vera M. Cordell

The Funeral Services Celebrating and Honoring the Life of Vera M. Cordell, 97, of Enid will be held 2:00 P.M. Thursday December 6, 2018 in the Brown-Cummings Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Kenneth Wade officiating. Burial will follow in the Memorial Park Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home.

She was born April 26, 1921 in Breckenridge, Oklahoma to Fred and Emilie Heitfeld Sohl and passed from this life on November 23, 2018 in Enid, Oklahoma.

She moved with her family to Los Angeles, California in 1941 and then returned to Breckenridge, Oklahoma during World War I. After World War II she lived in Western Chemical Carter, Utah, Fort Warden, Washington, Tombstone, Arizona, Fort Yokato Air Base, Japan, Fort Ord, California, Arizona, and then returned to Enid with her children in 1956. She married Jack F. Cordell in 1957 in El Reno, Oklahoma and then made their home in Enid, Oklahoma.

She worked for Banfield’s meat packing company in Enid, in the sausage kitchen. In December 1992 she retired as a school crossing guard. She was a crossing guard on the corner of Cottonwood and Grand St. for twenty-one years. She dearly loved the children. She was a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church and spent many hours as a volunteer in the church. She was a greeter for the early service, past president of the Aid Association for Lutheran’s (non-Thrivent), a fraternal organization in the Redeemer Church, and President of Season Saints organization. She also served on various boards in the congregation. She always wore a hat to church and sometimes was referred to as “the hat lady”. She enjoyed sports, especially baseball and was a big O.S.U. fan. She was always ready to help when needed.

She is survived by her son, Richard Long, of Enid, daughter Janice Keen, eight grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, son, Robert Long, brothers, Fred C. Sohl, Herman Sohl, Walter Sohl, and Henry Sohl, and sisters, Martha Riffle, and Clara Davis.

Memorials in her name may be made to the Lutheran Hour with Brown-Cummings Funeral serving as custodian of the funds.

Condolences to the family may be made online at WWW.Brown-Cummings.com